Director Gaurav Pandey goes behind the scenes of Shukno Lanka to trace his inspiration. A t2 chat... The film industry as shown in Shukno Lanka comes quite close to real life. Are these real-life ...
In this new series of #DirectorsCut, ETimes talks about these relatively lesser-known and yet brilliant films by iconic directors which were overshadowed by their more popular filmworks. The ...
In 1958, Satyajit Ray's satirical film, Parash Pathar, which charted the transformation of a bank clerk when he stumbled across a stone that converts iron to gold, took cinegoers by storm. HT Image ...
Rajsekhar Bose’s story, “Parash Pathar”, has clearly transcended time. In 1958, when Satyajit Ray adapted it into a movie, it was called one of his best works. Decades later, Kolkata-based theatre ...
What would Paresh Chandra Dutta, the middle-aged clerk who stumbles upon a precious stone that makes him rich in Satyajit Ray’s Paras Pathar, do in our times? Sell cocaine perhaps. That’s what he does ...
Why had Tulsi Chakrabarty pleaded with Ray not to pay him `100 per day for Parash Pathar? Bibhu Bhattacharjee has the answer to this and more.... Tulsida was very affectionate. I would get a car till ...